The Tordesillas Doctoral School of Public Health and History of Science, coordinated by the Vice Rectorate for International Relations at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), is organizing the second Health Reforms in Brazil and Southern European Countries in the 20th Century International Seminar. This scientific meeting aims to analyze historically, from a comparative perspective, reform processes that took place in the health systems of Brazil, Spain, Italy, and Portugal during the last century.

This seminar, to focus on understanding the origins, strengths, and weaknesses existing in the different present contexts, will be held on November 14-15 in the Undergraduate Room of the Faculty of Medicine, located in the Balmis Building on the Sant Joan d’Alacant Campus. Seminar attendance is free of charge, and the sessions will be broadcast live over the UMH Adobe Connect platform.

Moreover, other collaborators include the López Piñero Interuniversity Institute for Science Studies along with the Catalan Society of History of Science and Technology, and the seminar has received AIEFI funding for the internationalization of centers. This seminar is part of the activities taking place within the framework of the Tordesillas Group, an academic network formed by Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish universities.

Investigators from the countries included in the work being presented at the seminary are attending this scientific meeting. Included among them are Guido Giarelli (Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro; Italy); María Cristina Da Costa Marques and André Mota (University of São Paulo; Brazil); Ana Mehnert Pascoal (ARTIS – University of Lisbon; Portugal); Inmaculada Hurtado (CEU Cardenal Herrera University; Spain); Aida Terrón (University of Oviedo; Spain); and Rosa Ballester Añón, Enrique Perdiguero Gil, and Eduardo Bueno Vergara (Miguel Hernández University of Elche; Spain).

The Tordesillas Group, of which the Tordesillas Doctoral School of Public Health and History of Science is part, fosters collaboration between universities of Brazil, Spain, and Portugal in the areas of science and technology. Among its objectives, scientific and teaching cooperation is highlighted as a key element among academic institutions for advancing their activities within a world marked by profound social, scientific, and technological changes.